When I was a kid, being around other disabled kids was a given. In my school district, there was one special education classroom for all of the grades. A few kids would come and go throughout the day, but most were there, with our own two teachers and our own specially designed class equipment, all day. I left for band and P.E., then came back to spend the rest of the … [Read more...]
How Loving My Wheelchair is Radical Self Love
I love my wheelchair. I know this is a radical statement, in this society we live in, where celebrities pose in wheelchairs for photo shoots to symbolize “feeling trapped”; where able-bodied people “raise awareness” about how awful it is to be disabled by spending a day in a wheelchair; where a character on my favorite TV show spent a whole season in one after an … [Read more...]
